Hi guys,
So I just received the news that I got 2 D’s this semester. They were both online courses (Sociology and Anthropology.) I completely forgot to do the Final for both of them. I tried to convince my professor to allow me to take the Final, but he wouldn’t budge. I’m going to be retaking the courses in Winter, but I’m worried that I just blew my chances at the schools that I’m going to apply to (USC, UCLA, UCB, Cornell.) I’m a transfer student (from a CC), and apart from the 2 D’s, I have received almost straight A’s in all of my previous courses (3.88 GPA.) Will they be able to tell that the 2 D’s were a mistake, especially seeing as I’m going to retake the courses before they review the applications (hopefully for A’s.) I spent countless hours writing my essays, and I can’t wrap my mind around the fact that all of my hard work will have been for nothing. Should I just retract my applications, and apply to safer schools like UCD?
How in the world did you forget to take two finals??
I thought that the finals were going to take place on Wednesday, whereas they were actually due on Tuesday (idiotic mistake, I know.)
Do not retract any application but definitely expand your list l. Always apply to colleges where you have a good shot. And UCD is NOT a safety. Increase that to ucsc and Cal States.
It doesn’t matter why you got D’s - if it was because you pulled Ds throughout the semester or were getting an A and got an F in the final for forgetting about it… You got a D and that makes any UC difficult until you’ve replaced the grade.
Now once the grade is replaced you’ll be fine but
Make sure you update the Universities immediately.
Thanks for the advice. Would the D’s still severely impact my chances of admission at Berkeley and UCLA, even once the grades have been replaced?
Will you have the grades replaced by the time you update the TAU in January? If not, then I would think your chances are going to be heavily impacted at all the schools you have applied. Are these major prep/required courses for both UCLA and UCB? Did you TAG to any campuses? Also agree UCD is not a “safe” school. I would apply to several of the schools suggested by @MYOS1634.
No, they aren’t required by my major (Biochem.) I will have finished repeating them by January 25th, which is before the deadline for the TAU (January 31st.)
Also, should I even bother working on my USC essays? I’ve only finished a quarter of them (I was planning to spend most of my Winter break completing them.) Even though I know that I will attend if I were to be accepted, I don’t know whether I have enough of a chance of getting in to justify spending a lot of time working on them.
There is never a good time to fail a test in an academic area except maybe as a freshman. An explanation about missing two finals makes it worse to me. I hope you did well in other classes and the Fs in the online are both F may suggest some problem with these classes. Do keep a complete and correct calendar! I hope you can replace these grades asap before you graduate. Find a few safeties and plan on transferring.